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Word: brunellos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...added 360 acres of new vineyards, financed by a novel bond offering in the fall of 1998. Five thousand bonds in ECUs (European currency units) were issued, entitling buyers to purchase at wholesale price a six-bottle case from each of the 1996 to '99 vintages of its prized Brunello di Montalcino. The bonds sold out in three days and raised about $12 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vintage 21st Century: Frescobaldi | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...century Palazzo Frescobaldi, you can see the lighted campanile of Brunelleschi's late masterwork, the Santo Spirito Church, commissioned by a Frescobaldi in the mid-1400s. The church is almost 150 years younger than the family's 700-year-old business. Now the Frescobaldis, best known for their sumptuous Brunello di Montalcino wine, are coming out of the Middle Ages, forming international alliances that would impress even their arch rivals, the Medicis, and embarking on a marketing strategy for the 21st century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vintage 21st Century: Frescobaldi | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

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